In Praise of Jerusalem HEBREW TITLE: A psalm by the clan of Korah; a song.871The LORD built his city on the sacred hill;[D]See 2.6.2more than any other place in Israelhe loves the city of Jerusalem.3Listen, city of God,to the wonderful things he says about you:4“I will include Egypt and Babyloniawhen I list the nations that obey me;the people of Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia[E]Hebrew Cush: Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman time, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).I will number among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”5Of Zion it will be saidthat all nations belong thereand that the Almighty will make her strong.6The LORD will write a list of the peoplesand include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.7They dance and sing,“In Zion is the source of all our blessings.”